Halloween 2011

Halloween in ND can be a tricky prospect to manage. More times than not there has been at least one major snow storm by the time October 31st rolls around, or the weather is cold enough to require hats, gloves, heavy coats/snow suits or any combination of the above. Even if the weather has remained relatively "nice", any one who has lived here knows that we can go from "Indian Summer" to "frozen tundra" in the matter of hours, and so spending any amount of money on an amazingly cute halloween costume just doesn't pay, not even for the sake of super fun photographic opportunities. However, this year the weather has been amazingly wonderful, warm and sunny. One of the churches in town was hosting a party where kids could go begging trick-or-treating in the parking lot, where people had bags and bags of candy stashed in their trunks. Many of them had themes and were dressed in costumes and decorated their vehicles, adding to the fun.  

 

Apparently "Butt-man!"is more appealing to  3 year old than the itsy bitsy spider costume that I had bought for Kyle.

 Earlier this week poor Emmie had broken out in cold sores all over her mouth and throat, so unfortunately instead of the cute tutu princess she was meant to be, she was banished to her stroller to keep her from spreading the love.

By the time the evening had ended, all three kids had more than their weight in candy. Luckily they are still at the age when out-of-sight-out-of-mind works miracles, making it easy to stash away a majority of the goods and within a few days the candy had been forgotten.

Buttman, however remains at large.

Fun in the park

Daddy was gone out of town this weekend, so we headed to the park for a little fun to end the week. The weather was beautiful, the kids enjoyed swinging and running.

Kyle managed to stay on his feet when he didn't move out of the way quickly enough after giving Emily a "big, big, BIG" push. After a minor mishap in which the little Mr. got stuck on the climbing wall for a brief period, Kyle made it his mission to help Elowee down the slide as many times as possible before we left.

K-Y-L-E

Kyle loves going to preschool 3 times a week. According to his teacher, Miss Nola, he is nothing short of brilliant. Ok, my words, not hers, but she does say that he is a great little student and a whiz at learning his letters. Tonight he wrote his name for the first time all by himself, and the look on his face says it all!

 Emily wanted in on the action too, she's his biggest cheerleader!

 All the other marks on the page? Apparently he's developing his own written language. Pure genius, I tell ya!